4/18 Twins @ Sox

[mvp 78]

Nobody’s up yet.

Cora slept in.

[Tedballgame]

Cora waited too long to get somebody up in the pen. Hill has nothing today.

[Maxbialystock]

Bundy, on the other hand, has 3 pitches--slow fastball just like Hill's, curve just like Hill's, and that changeup. Plus maybe a cut fastball.

Two pitches are simply not enough.

[Maxbialystock]

Needs to be 2 outstanding pitches.

Wonder how soon we sill Hill to the pen and Whitlock to the rotation?

Does Whitlock move to the rotation in the TOR series with Houck out?

For a reliever, maybe/probably, but not for a starter.

[Old Red]

Cora slept in.

He’s up. Just out to lunch.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Superstition and downright ignorance. See the new thread on the injury list by mvp78. Apparently, a bunch of Sox players won't make the trip to Toronto because they don't quite believe in vaccinations.

Lucky for them that their parents weren't that ignorant.

[Maxbialystock]

I'm not impressed with Hill, but am also OK with Cora's decision-making.

I'm looking at mlb.com pitch by pitch, and it says Hill just threw a changeup for that third out ground out.

Is that right?

If it is, what was he waiting for? Ditto Vazquez.

[mvp 78]

Bundy, on the other hand, has 3 pitches--slow fastball just like Hill's, curve just like Hill's, and that changeup. Plus maybe a cut fastball.

Two pitches are simply not enough.

I'm not sure I'd want Bundy in the Sox rotation either.

[mvp 78]

For a reliever, maybe/probably, but not for a starter.

Yes.

[Tedballgame]

The Sox look like they are ready to play a noon game but the game started at 11.

[vegasbob]

JBJr, who has been hitting a bit lately, fouled off the same center cut 88 FB that Shaw missed entirely. Hill's mistakes become souvenirs.

[Maxbialystock]

JBJr, who has been hitting a bit lately, fouled off the same center cut 88 FB that Shaw missed entirely. Hill's mistakes become souvenirs.

I could be wrong, but I think that changeup affects their decision-making vs. fastballs.

[Maxbialystock]

Now that was a changeup, and a mile outside.

[Tedballgame]

At least Hill is giving them some innings. The offense needs to do something.

[mvp 78]

@jcmccaffrey
Whitlock pitched the other day so Cora mentioned Kutter Crawford would be the long man today for Hill

@jcmccaffrey
It's Valdez up in the pen first though